Rail anchor



May 25 1926.

R. DINKLAGE RAIL ANCHOR Filed Nov. l5, 1923 wfIL rif4M Patented May 25, 1926.

Param orrrca.

RAYMOND DINKLAGE, OF MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

RAIL ANCHOR.

Application led November 13, 1923.

rails; the accumulation of extraneous mat,

ter preventing free movement of the check parts; the vibration of the rail and other causes often loosen the parts to such an eX- tent as to render the check ineffective in performing its designed purpose.

The present invention aims to provide means which will positively prevent separation of the check parts and which will enable them to be quickly and conveniently assembled.

Specifically the present invention comprehends a yoke and wedge, the wedge being adapted to abut against a stationary part ot' the road bed and the creep of the rail tending to more iirmly lock the parts together. In order to aord means for preventing separation of the check parts, the wedge is provided with one or more olsets or latch parts so positioned as to act as stops to prevent the yoke moving along the wedge lfor any appreciable distance after it has been driven to its initial position.

While one embodiment of the present invention is specifically illustrated in the drawing, it is to be understood that this illustration merely serves as an illustration of the principles of the invention so that they may be readily comprehended by those skilled in the art and are not intended as limiting the invention to the specific form disclosed therein.

In said drawing Fig. l is a side elevation of the invention as applied to a track rail.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the invention partly dotted and Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 2 on the line 8 3.

Continuing now by way of a more detailed description a track rail A of the conventional type is supported on the standard ltypo of tie B and the normal creep of the rail is assumed to be in the direction ot the arrow shown in Fig. l. The check elements comprise a rail engaging element or yoke C having oppositely disposed inturned ends C Serial No. 674,503.

which may be recessed at C to lit the rail edges, in the manner indicated; although the recessed ends per se form no part of the present invention since the tendency to rotate the check is negligible in the absence of diagonal thrust as would be the case in the event that the yoke Were angularly inclined with respect to the direction of rail creep. The yoke C is also preferably oliset at D to provide the wedge receiving recess E. Obviously instead of offsetting or bending the yoke material, the wedge receiving recess might be cut or otherwise formed in the yoke with the possible accompanying disadvantage, however, of weakening the yoke at this point. Preferably the yoke is offset as indicated rather than cut, although either manner of providing the wedge recess is, of course, within the contemplated scope of the present invention. A locking member or wedge F having a substantially flat portion F adapted to underlie the rail base and a dependent flange or apron G adapted to abut against the tie B is arranged to coh operate with yoke C. The flat portion F preferably has one or more latch portions or stops H which are conveniently formed by suitably cutting the wedge material in the manner illustrated and slightly depressing the free end of the stops. In the event that more than one sto-p is utilized and in general it will be "found desirable to use more than one, the stops are preferably arranged in staggered fashion as indicated to afford a balanced construction and to avoid weakening the wedge. The yoke C is driven on the wedge in the usual manner and as the former is moved along the wedge the latch portions or stops are forced to a position to permit the yoke to pass. The stops will then, due to the slight resiliency of the stop part spring to a position to prevent the yoke passing along the wedge in a direction opposite to its initially driven direction.

While it is contemplated driving the yoke past the stop so that the stop may spring outwardly and abut against the yoke, nevertheless even if the yoke is not driven past the stop, the latter will, because o'f its slight resiliency, rictionally press against the yoke and prevent to a certain extent movement of the yoke relatively to the wedge.

It is claimed:

The combination of a. track rail, a yoke adapted to engage the l'al and having` a conical cutaway pol-tion and a wedge mem- 5 ber having a conical wedgngf portion adapted to t the cutaway portion in the yoke and adapted to be located between the yoke and the rail, the wedge member having a plurality of oppostely disposed latch members adapted to abut against the yoke aml prevent relative movement of the yoke azul wedge.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York, tha 8th day of November A. D. 1923.

RAYMOND DlNKLAGE. 

